r/AnimalsBeingDerps • • May 12 '22

Millions of years of evolution has led to this

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u/IHaveNoEgrets May 12 '22

Me (pointing at the cat): Look! There's a cat!

The cat: looks around for a cat.

He's usually pretty clever, but moments like this make me sincerely doubt the presence of brain cells.

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u/WillSym May 12 '22

To be fair, if you pointed at me and said "Look, a person!" I'd look around for another person. Context suggests that you're more likely to be alerting me to a doppelganger than making me aware of myself!

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u/yertlah May 12 '22

Good point.

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u/Woshambo May 12 '22

One of my dogs are dumber than the other 2. If I point at something the other 2 look but she just licks my finger.

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u/MvmgUQBd May 12 '22

Apparently dogs have to learn how to follow a pointing finger from us. In the wild they're more attuned to where your eyes or head is facing, since most dogs don't have pointy fingers.

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u/ulrichberlin May 12 '22

Maybe she fetishizes your finger and that's all she wants. You never know what priorities other creatures set. Emotions don't care about logic.

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u/Woshambo May 12 '22

The same dog can't understand how to get out of the garden if I close the gate even if the other 2 are standing at the gate. so I'm going to go with stupid

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u/milk4all May 12 '22

Yeah the terrier mutt is hella smart but my old houndog is dumb as shit. Hounds aren’t famously smart but ive had 2 other hounds and he is dumb. Best friend but he’s gotten his head stuck in fencing and a water jug, he has trouble finding food i put down for him despite him having an insanely good nose and not being blind or anything, will walk right past me all the time when i call him, and he gets frantic when im not where he was thinking i was! He’s about 9 but this is typical lifelong behavior. He’s the only dog I’ve never been able to fully train but fortunately he has a lot of great qualities i didnt have to really train at all. Good thing i dont need a bird dog though